ROMhack of Hokuto no ken for the sega mega drive patch by Ernani da S. Costa

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bellow is a list of incremental changes per  version

v2.1.2

• HUD redesign moves time to the centre and add a hi-score (game was keeping track of it originally but never displayed it)
• Hi-score SRAM feature added
• Off centre title text adjusted

v2.1.1

• Title screen background
• Disabled death by time, health decreases to 1 instead
• Title logo + subtext change according to hardware version, JP logo + “fist of the north star” or EN logo + “hokuto no ken”

v2.1

• Clouds in Geira stage not moving bug fixed
• Bask forehead cross follows manga design
• Boomerang guy glitch when hit by boomerang when rebounding fixed
• Extra life system now shows death animation, then back to map at prev. location after losing a life
• Chapt 4 stage 1 special enemy now respawns like the other special enemies in Chapt 4
• Added a path from the Chapt 4 dungeon to Leia’s stage
• Chapt 3 small boat arrows glitching if loaded from the stage select fixed.

v2.0

• Faster chapter transitions
• Dungeon axe collision disabled after hit
• Complete rearrange of dungeon layout and logic, new graphical elements also added
• Added item pickups in the dungeon
• Dungeon wall holes can now be entered
• Dungeon doors are now all functional
• Ken gravity after hit logic revised to work better in the dungeons
• Dungeon flying axe environment collision slightly improved
• Dungeon increased move speed when jumping when not moving reworked, now Kenshiro has a slightly higher jump anywhere in the game if ducking and jumping (note that powered Kenshiro always had a higher jump than non-powered). in dungeons, performing next to a ledge will also boost Kenshiro’s forward move.
• Dungeon 3 transition to Han fight is not automatic anymore, the player must press up at the new Han door
• Han attack pattern restored to original (v1.5 was too difficult)
• Falco aggressiveness slightly nerfed (v1.5 was too difficult)
• HUD redesigned
• Map status box now shows “value / current max” in percentage (can reach 100 if all pickups and dialogues are found)
• Map status box lettering improved
• Hyo shadow column graphics changed
• Hyo & Kaioh shadow column now can be dodged
• Akashachi’s claw hand now cannot be deflected, to avoid him being cornered too easily)
• Flamethrower no longer can be extinguished with Kenshiro’s attack
• The original point system was barely used/incomplete, it has been expanded. (deflect projectiles = 25 / stronger projectiles & bird = 50 / basic enemies = 250 / stronger enemies & machines = 500 / minor bosses = 1000 / stage bosses = 3000 / Hasho = 5000)
• Extra life now at 3k, 6k, 9k, 12k
• Start the game with slightly lower max health to accommodate for health pickups
• power required to transform is now equally spread
• Chapter select cheat now starts with correct health, power and def values due to changes
• Chapt 4 special enemies side of spawn is now random
• Dungeon enemy’s initial side of spawn is now random
• The boss health bar now shows the correct size for each boss

 v1.5

• Story wall now has music
• Intro sfx and animation timing adjusted
• Extra life and lost life sfx added
• Game over sfx implemented (lost sfx found in code)
• Rebalanced bosses and enemies to account for the life system
• Falco and Han attack patterns rebalanced
• Final Kaioh 2nd dialogue pic start in the correct pos (no rising pic behind)

v1.4

• Boomerang enemy facing right collision detection fixed
• extra life system implemented (gained with score)
• Kenshiro rebound in the air now accounts for gravity
• ken consecutive hits have increased rebound and dmg
• Alph waterfall animation restored
• 2nd Kaioh fight missing HUD left corner fixed
• Kaioh red now takes less damage than Kaioh normal
• Kaioh def slighly increased
• disappearing shura fixed hand animation

v1.3.1

• Expanded chars for possible French translation in both purist and extended patches
• Purist patch shows Chapt 1 when entering stage select cheat

v1.3

• Trademark title text restored
• Title sequence changed to Sega > title > story > attract
• Eagle dive stops at Kenshiro’s crouching height
• Added accent characters for possible extra language support
• Akashachi’s name bleed fixed
• Some stages had enemy placement changed
• Some enemy speed changed
• Enemy recoil amount slightly increased
• Akashachi boss screen scroll now only stops scrolling back
• Akashachi’s aggressiveness increased
• Sword-throwing shura sprite positions fixed
• sword-throwing shura ground collision logic fixed
• rolling rock speed slightly increased
• Stage select shows stage 1 when activated
• Asuka appears on the right of her stage now
• Enter Asuka stage from the right when coming from the dungeon
• Entering the boomerang shura stage from the right when coming from the 1st town
• Entering Shachi stage from the right when coming from the Kaioh talk
• Shachi’s position changed to the left side of stage
• Shachi, Asuka and their dialogue pics were adjusted to face the correct side due to changes
• bask forehead cross fixed

v1.2

• Stage select numbering fixed
• Dialogue boxes increased and the location of dialogue and intro in the ROM, reflects the purist patch
• Revised shorter intro
• Revised dialogues now take advantage of the extra line.
• Boss fight with names

v1.1

• Kaioh’s name in the intro fixed
• Dungeon flying axe environment collision fixed
• Chapter 2 dungeon skip bug fixed
• Black line in front of arrowhead removed
• Weak Kenshiro collision box was too big, fixed
• Running pirate attack and dmg collision boxes readjusted

v1.0

• stage order rearranged and text curated to reflect the anime more closely
• Graphic changes to the map and its locations to reflect the stages more closely
• Air enemy bounce physics
• Boss health and damage inflicted on Kenshiro rebalanced
• Some stages had enemy placement adjusted
• Kenshiro attack, jump, enemy hit and enemy hitting Kenshiro sound fx changed
• Walking speed increased
• Stage scroll when Kenshiro is at the centre of the screen
• Hyo/Kaioh energy column now pushes Kenshiro.

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